殃 — kanji meaning “misfortune”
殃
misfortune, disaster, calamity
- Meanings
- misfortune, disaster, calamity
- On'yomi
- オウ (ou)、ヨウ (you)
- Kun'yomi
- わざわい
- Strokes
- 9
- Classical radical
- 78
- Chinese reading
- yāng — Chinese character page
Words with 殃
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 余殃 | よおう yoou | trouble brought on by sins of forebears |
| 池魚の殃 | ちぎょのわざわい chigyonowazawai | collateral damage; getting embroiled in someone else's dispute; having a fire spread to one's own house |
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